Question 1

I’m so confused by these and the book???

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These Chinese Feng Shui coins are used to consult the oldest divination oracle, I Ching. The I Ching or Yi Jing (Chinese: 易經, Mandarin: [î tɕíŋ]  usually translated as Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text and among the oldest of the Chinese classics. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC), over the course of the Warring States period and early imperial period (500–200 BC) it was transformed into a cosmological text with a series of philosophical commentaries known as the "Ten Wings".After becoming part of the Five Classics in the 2nd century BC, the I Ching was the subject of scholarly commentary and the basis for divination practice for centuries across the Far East, and eventually took on an influential role in Western understanding of Eastern thought.

The I Ching is used in a type of divination called cleromancy, which uses apparently random numbers. Six numbers between 6 and 9 are turned into a hexagram, which can then be looked up in the text, in which hexagrams are arranged in an order known as the King Wen sequence. The interpretation of the readings found in the I Ching is a matter which has been endlessly discussed and debated over in the centuries following its compilation, and many commentators have used the book symbolically, often to provide guidance for moral decision making as informed by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. The hexagrams themselves have often acquired cosmological significance and been paralleled with many other traditional names for the processes of change such as yin and yang and Wu Xing.

Question 2

So are these coins modern reproductions or are they authentic coins from dynastic origins?

Accepted Answer

Reproductions but I use them daily

Question 3

Are these coins actually solid brass? i have another set of coins that are from feng shui sale that look to be brass but are actually some cheap metal

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I think it’s some other metal. I’ve had them in my water fountain since I bought them and they still look like new.

Question 4

Is this coin half dolar size?

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approximately

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6pcs/Set Brass Chinese Feng Shui I Ching Divination Coins for Success Dia 1.1“ W Fengshuisale Bag Y-1055

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